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By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, has said the focus of his administration is to open up the riverine state through linking rural communities by roads. Speaking through his chief press secretary, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, on a Yenagoa-based radio station on Saturday, Governor Diri said Bayelsa …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ahmed Bola Tinubu, has promised to renew the hope of Nigerian youths with the creation of thousands of jobs if elected president of the country in the forthcoming general elections. Tinubu gave the assurance on Thursday during the …

By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt Environmental rights group, Home of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) has warned of grave dangers arising from global warming as efforts aimed at reducing emission are not making any appreciable progress. HOMEF’s concern arose from the fact that the outcome of the just concluded 27th Conference …

By Paul Williams The governorship candidate of the National Rescue Movement (NRM) in Rivers State, Amb Sobomabo Jackrich, and his Labour Party (LP) counterpart, Comr Beatrice Itubo, on Saturday took turns to groom young and budding entrepreneurs at a summit aimed at tackling the soaring unemployment rate in the country. …

By Paul Williams A town hall meeting on climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies, tagged ‘Town Hall Meeting on Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation,’ organized by Kebetkache Women Development & Resource Centre, ended Tuesday in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, with a focus on the recent flooding that ravaged …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Suspected kidnap kingpins, John Lyon and Emmanuel Angase, have been arraigned before a Bayelsa State High Court on 14 count charge of conspiracy to commit felony, kidnapping and armed robbery. The two suspects while taking their plea before Justice Eradiri, pleaded not guilty to all the …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa No fewer than 1,200 leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Labour Party (LP) on Wednesday joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State. The defectors were announced by the special adviser to the Bayelsa State governor on Political Matters, Chief Collins Cocodia, …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Against the backdrop of the recent verification and audit embarked upon by the Presidential Amnesty Program (PAP), Niger Deltans and other stakeholders have been advised to applaud the agency’s interim administrator, Maj-Gen B.T Ndiomu (retd), rather than “casting aspersion and maligning his reputation.” The national acting …

By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt  Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, on Monday handed over to the Nigeria Police, Intelligence and Surveillance Centre capable of monitoring the entire state capital from the control room.  The centre was built by his government with the sole aim of boosting efforts of security agencies …

By Ehichioya Ezomon In closing the first instalment of this analysis on November 21, two questions sprouted as regards the political romance between Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike and Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi. They’re: Can Wike level (be straightforward, sincere or truthful) with Obi about his promise of …